First, players don't actually know what they really want;
Secondly, no matter what the design is, there will always be a planner who gets criticized.
Even if it's a game from Earth, there are still trolls active online, aren't there?
The person sitting quietly at the entrance of the Blue Star Building may never know that Mingyan himself walked right past him—wearing a mask and sunglasses.
After entering, Mingyan smiled and said to the security guard, "Don't pay attention to that person. We'll see if he's still there after dinner."
Security guard: "If it's still there?"
"Out of humanitarian spirit, give him a bottle of water," Ming said.
Security guard: "Boss, he's been sitting in protest all day. What if he comes back tomorrow?"
Mingyan thought for a moment and said, "Then let's give him a chance."
He had just glanced at Xia Cheng beside him when the latter, as if already knowing what he was thinking, handed an electronic business card to the security guard and said, "This is the receptionist for Morningstar Games Incubator. Just have him search for it online and he'll understand."
Having resolved this minor hiccup, Mingyan was finally able to go into the lounge to wash up properly.
Xia Cheng also asked, "Is there a dinner plan?"
Mingyan was deciding which restaurant to go to when he suddenly received a message from the Dragon Slayer Sword Studio.
After receiving the call, Mingyan's face was full of awkwardness, and he hurriedly said, "I'm going to the Dragon Slayer Sword area. I probably won't be back tonight."
Xia Cheng shrugged and said, "Okay, I'll go work overtime myself."
...
Speaking of which, Mingyan hasn't been involved in matters related to the Dragon-Slaying Saber for a long time.
Since the release of "Cloud Dreams of Clothes" last year, the Dragon Slayer Sword has been in a cycle of scamming... no, robbing... no, encouraging people to recharge for a whole year.
A new style of appearance will be released at the end of each month!
Each holiday will feature a special holiday chapter that tells a side story about the protagonist, Xiao Yunshang.
Incidentally, there's also a new event gacha pool that changes weekly, with increased drop rates to attract more whales to regularly spend money.
Before "Cloud Dreams of Clothes", few people would have thought of developing the female player market;
Even if people thought of it, few would know that female tycoons' spending power is in no way inferior to that of men!
Or rather, women's spending power should be even stronger than men's!
Although there are fewer players, the average amount they spend is about half as much again as that of male players!
Not only did others underestimate this, but even the employees inside the Dragon Slayer Sword hadn't expected it.
Before the release of "Cloud Dreams of Clothes," and even before the start of the first event, they were a little worried: "Will it fail if we try to transform directly into a new market?"
Are female gamers really willing to pay for a new set of virtual jewelry?
The result one year later:
"It smells so good!!!"
"Holy crap, female gamers are the real whales! They spent tens of thousands on just one outfit and still weren't satisfied, they emptied the entire gacha pool!"
"Stop talking nonsense, just lick it. You'll get everything you want by the end!"
"Don't stop me, I'm going to serve the ladies in the next game—I promise I'll do my utmost until I die!"
Of course, although new romance (male-oriented) works are already in the planning stage, and even the plot has been prepared in advance, it is not the right time yet.
When doing business, you can't just consider your own product lifecycle; you also have to look at the market.
Currently, the most popular game in the market for games targeted at women is undoubtedly "Cloud Dreams of Clothes," which alone occupies almost half of the market.
Of course, the Dragon-Slaying Saber can't launch a new game at this time, otherwise it would be like fighting with itself—a double-edged sword?
However, his year-long silence and focus on wooing female gamers has also caused dissatisfaction among some wealthy players.
[It's been two years since we've seen a new pay-to-win game like Dragon Slayer. What's wrong? Are you trying to ruin our fun?]
[I have money in my pocket but can't spend it, and I'm just lazing around at home doing nothing. My alt account in "Against the Heavens" is ranked number one on the server again! What can I do to keep myself entertained?!]
[Hurry up! Even just a reskin for the idle heroes would be fine; I've bought everything in the store.]
[I'm so bored, so incredibly bored. I've accumulated over thirty five-star heroes and I can't hold them all. If there aren't any new banners for me to pull from, I'm going to die of boredom...]
This time, Mingyan was summoned by a phone call because the wealthy people were getting impatient and had organized a fundraising event...
Well, the rich are still rich; their way of urging updates is to throw money at them.
They created a WeChat group, which consisted of CEOs, rich kids, and veteran players of the "Dragon Slayer Sword" game.
The group admin checks the official website for the "Dragon Slayer Sword" game every day: "Still no news about new games today."
Then the guys in the group started clamoring for the sponsorship page for the Dragon Slayer Sword and demanding they spend money on it!
[Sigh, I guess I'll just consider this my daily gacha pull.]
[Spend more money, let Dragon Slayer recruit two more new employees, and speed up the game's development! Speed it up!]
The group with the Dragon-Slaying Saber: "..."